When this shopkeeper saw the posters and trailer of the forthcoming Alice Through the Looking Glass by Disney, he was of the impression that the 'adaptation' is at last dark enough to be called a Burton production (although, oddly, he is only the producer and not director).

Indeed, he found the elements (particularly the Time/Clock motifs) closer to Salvador Dalí interpretation of the story than the original.

In the 1960s, Dalí was commissioned to do a suite of 12 illustrations (1 for each chapter) of the story that was included in a special edition of "Alice's Adventure in Wonderland" that was published in 1969.

This year, marking the 150th anniversary of the original Alice, the book, long since out-of-print and out-of-reach (price-wise), was re-published- complete will all the illustrations. Here are some of the images from the new edition.

​In this year of 2015, 2 good friends passed away, 7 months apart from each other- Mr Lee Kuan Yew who passed away in March and Mr Helmut Schmidt, the former Chancellor of West Germany, on 10 November.

In 2012, the pair met for the last time when Mr Schmidt made a visit to Singapore. They talked for 3 days. Excerpts of the conversations, divided into 3 parts entitled "Lessons on Leadership", "The European Vision" and "Parting" were included in Mr Lee's final book "One Man's View of the World".​Here are some snippet:Asked if it was worth all the effort looking back at the political life, Mr Schmidt: "Yes, it was worthwhile to forgo the chance of becoming rich." Mr Lee: "To be a leader, you must accept other people becoming rich because you are governing well."Mr Schmidt:"...motivation of the Brits [in taking part in the European integration project] was to have a thumb in the pie but not bake the pie."

The Caran d'Ache 849 Series receives its latest members- 10 to be exact, as a result of a cross-over design between Paul Smith and Caran d'Ache.

Sir Paul Smith has been a regular user of the series of ballpoint pens. To mark Caran d'Ache's 100th anniversary, Sir Paul created 10 pastel shades as unique colours for the 10 new pens, in limited edition, that bear his signature. Each is contained in a specially designed metallic box.

As an admirer of both Caran d'Ache (particularly the 849 series) and Paul Smith, after looking at the special colours, it is an easy decision for the shop to carry these pens.